We live in a time where suffering is sold to us as both inevitable and essential — as though it’s the price of admission to this earthbound life. But what if that entire premise is flawed? What if the struggle we’ve been conditioned to accept, to normalize, isn’t a requirement, but a carefully engineered trap? In this discourse, we peel back the layers of imposition and distraction, questioning the roots of suffering and the subtle ways in which we’re taught to surrender our agency, our creativity, and our sovereignty — all under the guise of growth.
Tag: suffering
You have been through hell. You overcame the most agonizing, difficult, stressful, and intense pain or struggle that you would never wish on anyone.
There’s the dream
That’s been shadowed
By the rain
By the constant weight of fear
Do the echoes break my stride
There’s the dream
That’s been covered
By the skin
By the weightless swell of tears
Can you hear the crying shame?
Our minds are programmed and conditioned from our earliest moments of consciousness until our last breath. What is most important in this short life is becoming aware of these control and manipulation mechanisms in order to reappropriate and consciously use our creative energies. We should want to use them for our own benefit rather than letting them fall into the insatiable emptiness of someone else’s design.
Many of us are in pain for a variety of reasons. However, I would like to suggest that suffering, like many other things in life, is far more than it appears to be. I believe it is a unique human superpower.